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Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek . . . and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it. But after an eerieccident leaves Ryan housebound and forbidden to see Sarah, their investigation takes two tracks: Ryan records everything in his journal, while Sarah uses her video camera to search things out, then email the clips for Ryan to see. In a groundbreaking new format, the story is broken into two parts - Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special website, with links and passwords given throughout the book. Creepy and addictive story in a styl you've never seen before
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Skeleton Creek has a plot that's quite similar to a Scooby Doo episode, with the two investigators, Ryan and Sarah, playing the parts of Fred and Daphne. There's no Shaggy or Scooby equivalents: Ryan is a bit lacking in charisma.
The book is in the form of Ryan's journal - the typeface looks like writing, and there are various photographs and documents that he's pasted in as well. At intervals through the book, you're invited to go to his accomplice Sarah's website, and watch the videos she's sent to Ryan. These videos are essential to the plot, so you need internet access to read the book. I tried watching them on an iPod Touch, so I could read the book in bed, but the videos downloaded excruciatingly slowly from the website (they worked fine on a PC). Thankfully, all but one of the videos are also available as podcasts in the iTunes store (one is missing for technical reasons), so I could view them that way.
The plot concerns a ghost in an old dredge mining machine (a dredge is a floating machine with buckets that scoop up rock, pulverise it, separate out the metals and drop out the waste rock at the back) in rural Oregon, on the US West Coast. Some of the videos are set in this dredge at night, and are quite creepy without being too scary. There's a mystery to unravel, and the clues are presented in the text, in the pictures and in the videos. It's a little too contrived to make it easy to work out.
Skeleton Creek was published in two volumes in the US. The first volume there ended with an annoying cliffhanger; the UK edition combines both volumes, and the story comes to a satisfying conclusion. So if you want to find out who would have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids, you'll have to read - and watch - Skeleton Creek.
The book is in the form of Ryan's journal - the typeface looks like writing, and there are various photographs and documents that he's pasted in as well. At intervals through the book, you're invited to go to his accomplice Sarah's website, and watch the videos she's sent to Ryan. These videos are essential to the plot, so you need internet access to read the book. I tried watching them on an iPod Touch, so I could read the book in bed, but the videos downloaded excruciatingly slowly from the website (they worked fine on a PC). Thankfully, all but one of the videos are also available as podcasts in the iTunes store (one is missing for technical reasons), so I could view them that way.
The plot concerns a ghost in an old dredge mining machine (a dredge is a floating machine with buckets that scoop up rock, pulverise it, separate out the metals and drop out the waste rock at the back) in rural Oregon, on the US West Coast. Some of the videos are set in this dredge at night, and are quite creepy without being too scary. There's a mystery to unravel, and the clues are presented in the text, in the pictures and in the videos. It's a little too contrived to make it easy to work out.
Skeleton Creek was published in two volumes in the US. The first volume there ended with an annoying cliffhanger; the UK edition combines both volumes, and the story comes to a satisfying conclusion. So if you want to find out who would have got away with it if it hadn't been for those meddling kids, you'll have to read - and watch - Skeleton Creek.
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Bought this for my young teenage daughter as she loves her books and also loves being scared.
However, even more than books and being scared she loves to chat to her friends via social networking sites. Which is what she ended up doing every time she settled down to read the book.
I tried to read it but ended up getting distracted by having to put the book down and pick up my computer. Which is a pity as the concept is good and the clips and story are actually quite good.
However, as a tool to get the internet generation reading books it failed as far as I was concerned as it was always encouraging the reader to sign on.
However, even more than books and being scared she loves to chat to her friends via social networking sites. Which is what she ended up doing every time she settled down to read the book.
I tried to read it but ended up getting distracted by having to put the book down and pick up my computer. Which is a pity as the concept is good and the clips and story are actually quite good.
However, as a tool to get the internet generation reading books it failed as far as I was concerned as it was always encouraging the reader to sign on.
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Skeleton Creek is a book for an internet-savvy new generation - a spooky story about the ghost who haunts an old dredge, written in diary form by house-bound teen protagonist Ryan, is spiced up by being linked to an internet site featuring video clips filmed by Ryan's friend and conspirator in trouble, Sarah. The book is printed to look convincingly like a diary, and the video clips with Sarah talking to camera help to draw the reader into the mystery. All of the video clips are accessed using passwords related to Gothic/horror literature and culture, which is great for encouraging an interest in kids to source other books.
This book is definitely for older kids, some of the film clips are decidedly spooky, and one in particular had my kids running screaming from the computer with the fright they got (although they loved that!). The only thing that let this book down was the fact that the clever use of journal entries linked to the website seems to have taken precedence over the actual content, so the story itself is a bit thin and dragged out in places. That didn't stop us all enjoying it, and we'd certainly read another one of this kind.
This book is definitely for older kids, some of the film clips are decidedly spooky, and one in particular had my kids running screaming from the computer with the fright they got (although they loved that!). The only thing that let this book down was the fact that the clever use of journal entries linked to the website seems to have taken precedence over the actual content, so the story itself is a bit thin and dragged out in places. That didn't stop us all enjoying it, and we'd certainly read another one of this kind.
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An innovating 21st century take on a mystery story.
Children theses days are so lucky. They have all kinds of exciting new books to read. This is an innovative book as readers have to use the internet to help solve clues. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Lily
more than your average book
I read this book with my daughter, and we thought the tie-in with the website was a good innovation, it gives the story a more "three-dimensional" perspective. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Wilts Weviewer
good read
I really liked the style and layout of this book. Simple and easy to read with a fast moving interesting story lines which brought you into the book and had you wondering what was... Read more
Published 21 months ago by G. Cook
Dredging up secrets
A scary story for younger readers. Aged eleven up and up, to go by the back of the book. But it can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Paul Tapner
Seriously brilliant!!
I have spent the last few weeks reading this book to my children at bedtime, so I have held off from reviewing it until now. Read more
Published 22 months ago by David Pearce
Genuinely spooky stuff
I chose to read this book because I was interested in the unusual multimedia format - the book itself is written in the form of a journal (complete with lined pages,... Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Dawson
Innovative but only an OK read
This is a book with a difference - one of the central characters writes a journal and the other provides online video clips to accompany and develop the story. Read more
Published 22 months ago by rachelcreative
Worth sticking with it
At first I thought this book was just a little too disturbing (at least for bedtime reading) but in fact it turns out to be quite a gripping mystery rather than horror story. Read more
Published 22 months ago by A Friendly Face
Nice idea - great novelty value but not sure style will endure.
I was v interested in the idea of this book having online video footage that you can access as you read on a website. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mrs. Bryony A. Shaw
Is he in your cupboard ?
** Review by my daughter Katie, aged 14 **
From the start this book was really scary and I could not put it
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From the start this book was really scary and I could not put it
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Published 23 months ago by tallpete33
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